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The Economic Impact of International Remittances on Poverty and Household Consumption and Investment in Indonesia

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dc.contributor.authorAdams, Richard H., Jr.
dc.contributor.authorCuecuecha, Alfredo
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T18:42:06Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T18:42:06Z
dc.date.issued2010-09-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the impact of international remittances on poverty and household consumption and investment using panel data (2000 and 2007) from the Indonesian Family Life Survey. Three key findings emerge. First, using an instrumental variables approach to control for selection and endogeneity, it finds that international remittances have a large statistical effect on reducing poverty in Indonesia. Second, households receiving remittances in 2007 spent more at the margin on one key consumption good -- food -- compared with what they would have spent on this good without the receipt of remittances. Third, households receiving remittances in 2007 spent less at the margin on one important investment good -- housing -- compared with what they would have spent on this good without the receipt of remittances. Households receiving international remittances in Indonesia are poorer than other types of households, and thus they tend to spend their remittances at the margin on consumption rather than investment goods.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100927093138
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5433
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3916
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5433
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAMOUNT OF REMITTANCES
dc.subjectBANK POLICY
dc.subjectCAPITA EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCAPITAL INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectCULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDUMMY VARIABLE
dc.subjectDUMMY VARIABLES
dc.subjectDURABLE
dc.subjectDURABLE GOODS
dc.subjectDURABLES
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC TECHNIQUES
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEFFECT OF REMITTANCES
dc.subjectEFFECTS OF REMITTANCES
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL ASSETS
dc.subjectFIRST STAGE MODEL
dc.subjectFOOD GOODS
dc.subjectFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectFUNGIBLE
dc.subjectGLOBALIZATION
dc.subjectHOLDINGS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEADS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOMES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD NUMBER
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectIMMIGRANT
dc.subjectIMPACT OF REMITTANCES
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DATA
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME REDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME TRANSFERS
dc.subjectINSTRUMENT
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLEVEL OF POVERTY
dc.subjectMICRO-ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectMIGRANT
dc.subjectMIGRANT NETWORKS
dc.subjectMIGRANT REMITTANCES
dc.subjectMIGRANT WORKERS
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMIGRATION PATTERNS
dc.subjectMONETARY FUND
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectNUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPARAMETER ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPERMANENT INCOME HYPOTHESIS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOOR PERSON
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDEX
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectREMITTANCE
dc.subjectREMITTANCE FLOWS
dc.subjectREMITTANCE RECEIVING
dc.subjectREMITTANCE RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectREMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL ASSET
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subjectSPOUSE
dc.subjectSQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX
dc.subjectSTANDARD ERRORS
dc.subjectUNIVERSITY EDUCATION
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.titleThe Economic Impact of International Remittances on Poverty and Household Consumption and Investment in Indonesiaen
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okr.crossref.titleThe economic impact of international remittances on poverty and household consumption and investment in Indonesia
okr.date.disclosure2010-09-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:40:55.678341Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid125221468050641006
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5433
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20100927093138
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum12807154
okr.identifier.reportWPS5433
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryIndonesia
okr.region.geographicalSoutheast Asia
okr.region.geographicalAsia
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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